Made in Heaven (1987)

I'm watching Made in Heaven with the girls for the first time today. Like all movies I make them sit down and watch, they complained at first but when I got them settled, they got caught up in the story of it.

Made in Heaven (1987) is a romantic comedy of sorts. It's the story of this couple who meet when the male lead dies. They fall in love in Heaven and just as they are about to settle into a semblance of life together, the female lead is sent to Earth to live. Unable to stand being without her, the male lead bargains for his own rebirth. By the end, you are inevitably yelling at the male lead to just turn around, to just look behind him.

Just as my girls were.

 

The story has the feel of real life. It is humorous without being cliche. The characters, even those we only see for a few moments, are just as normal as someone you'd met in your neighborhood. It makes you more invested in the lives and happiness of these characters. It's why you want them to be happy.

The lead song on the soundtrack, We Never Danced, is also incredibly dreamy and seductive. It lends the movie its romantic air just as much as the realness of the characters.

It's an older movie, but I really recommend it. For those parents out there, there is brief nudity (the male lead entering Heaven, and only from behind) and there's a suggestion of the couple having sex (referred to in dialogue as "making love"). If you are really concerned with things, this can be inferred as being what marries two souls together (either that or being in love at all).